Title: Dreams
Author: Kenora Hazel Saul
Rating: PG
Characters: same as Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I own none of the Matrix.
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. Here's Chapter 2.
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"Class who would like to share their dreams?" Miss Palmer adjusted her glasses, looking at her suddenly silent class.
"I'll go first," Persephone's soft accented tones volunteered.
"Yes go right ahead," Miss Palmer indicated to the front of the class.
Persephone moved forward, her silver skirt swishing as she walked. Pausing at the front of the class, she was silent for a minute. Building momentum.
"I was sitting at a table in an expensive restaurant, having dinner with a man who had just given me a diamond bracelet to match my necklace. I could not see the face of the man who I was eating with, he was my mystery man. I could almost make out brown eyes and black hair, but that could've been my imagination." She laughed daintily, her eyes fixed on Neo.
Gathering her paper, she slowly walked back to her seat, provocatively swiveling her hips as she passed Neo's desk.
"That was interesting." Miss Palmer adjusted her glasses, back onto the bridge of her nose. "Any other volunteers, not everyone has to share, just three more volunteers, then we can move on."
Jason Locke put up his hand. "I'll go." He walked past Niobe's desk and smirked at Morpheus. Clearing his throat, he started.
"Niobe and I are at the Fall Ball, and we have just been crowned King & Queen of the Fall Ball. We dance the night away." A faraway look appeared in Locke's eyes as he spoke of his dream. Merovigian tittered like a chicken in a frenzy with humor at Locke's description.
Miss Palmer fanned herself. "Mr. Locke, that is very sweet." She walked back up to the front of the room.
Jason took his seat, blushing a little as Morpheus looked at him and made silent clucking gestures with his hand. Niobe turned around and smiled sweetly at him.
"Anyone else, or do I have to pick people?" Miss Palmer asked.
"I'll go." A shy voice spoke up from the back of the class. Neo stood up pushed forward by Trinity.
Miss Palmer stepped aside. Neo took her spot.
He cleared his throat and smoothed out his paper. As, he looked up and saw Trinity watching him. He smiled and started to speak.
"I feel a surge of power, the ground moving beneath my feet. I take off and fly through the air. Up through the clouds, there's a full moon, it's so beautiful. I fly back down to the city and land on a building. Inside, there is a dance going on. I see Trinity in a red dress waiting for me, she's smiling....." he froze and his eyes took on a tortured look. "And then there's an explosion, I see fire, blood pouring down the steps like a river. Somebody dies." He came out of his trace-like state.
The class was frozen in shock at what he'd just said. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tell you that part." Neo ran out of the room.
Trinity tore after him.
"Well that was.." Miss Palmer trailed off. As she began to talk about the homework assignment. The class tuned her out as they thought about what Neo had just revealed. As a kid, he'd always had an uncanny ability to see things and they usually came true.
"Neo, don't do this to yourself," Trinity hugged him fiercely. "It's not your fault you have this ability. Don't blame yourself for what you see." She looked him in the eyes.
Neo lifted tearstained eyes to meet her beautiful cobalt gaze. "I saw who died." He whispered quietly, so softly that she almost missed it.
Trinity froze. "Oh Neo?" She cradled his head against her chest, as he shivered.
"I didn't want to tell anyone, but it just came out, after I remembered seeing you in your red dress. I was so happy, it was so real. Seeing you in your dress. I love you so much, and I don't ever want to lose you." Neo spoke with quiet reverence.
"Neo, I love you too." She gripped his hand in hers. "You see this, I'm never letting go." Kissing with him all the love she felt, Trinity felt him respond and for that one brief moment in time, they were one. One soul, heart, mind and body.
The bell rang, signaling the end of class. "Let's go, we've got Mechanics next. If we're ever going to be crew members on the ships then we've got to learn how to fix things." She pulled him down the hall.
Despite her happy mood, Neo's dream hung like a dark rain cloud over him. There was supposed to be a silver lining to every cloud, hopefully he could find it, before it was too late.
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Niobe lost in thought, was thinking of her own dream when she was stopped in the hallway by two boys who were eager for her answer.
"Please, don't make us wait till Friday." Locke and Morpheus whined.
"Okay, I pick to go with Locke, but next time I will go with Morpheus." Niobe told them.
Locke hooted in victory. Morpheus walked away with slumped shoulders.
"Niobe you won't regret this, it'll be just like my dream." Locke said, his mind still locked in his dreamworld.
"Okay later. I have to go to Physical Education class, got to be in shape if I want to make the rank of Captain by the time I'm 25." Niobe walked away.
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"I'm sorry but I just don't believe in getting all sweaty. I have such delicate skin, I'll bring a note next class." Persephone told her gym teacher as she walked away to sit on the bleachers, so she could watch the boys roughhouse. She did love observing rough physical action, it turned her on to watch them get so violent.
Her eyes glazed over as she watched the boys line up to wrestle each other. This was going to be a lovely class.
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"I believe in appreciating food for the creation that it is. To gaze in awe at its beauty. I could watch a chocolate mousse for hours, and compare its beauty to the seductress that my Persephone is." Merovigian described his desert with superfluous detail.
He kissed his fingers. "Perfection." He picked up his fork and shaved off a sliver. It tasted like a chocolate orgasm. "Now if only life was this easy to manipulate, I could control everything." His eyes gleamed with the desire to have power over everything.
He smiled as his cooking teacher praised his chocolate mousse.
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Morpheus stared in anger at his portrait as he threw paint at it. Originally he'd covered it in black to symbolize his despair at losing Niobe to Locke. Covered it with red to symbolize his anger. Then slashes of blue to account for sadness of hearing Neo's vision. And finally slivers of brown, to symbolize Niobe sweet eyes and to remind himself never to give up.
"Excellent work Morpheus," his art teacher praised. "What do you call it?"
"Confusion." Morpheus tossed a splotch of yellow at the canvas in sheer rebellion and walked away.
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The bell rang, signaling lunchtime. Neo and Trinity walked out of Mechanics both a little dirty and dusty. "Are you going to have the meatloaf special or the meatball surprise?" Trinity teased him.
"I don't know, whatever you have," Neo clasped his hand with hers. Needing to feel that secure connection.
"Neo can I speak to you?" Principal Hammon stood in front of him.
Neo's joking mood immediately vanished, replaced by wariness. The only time the Principal wanted to talk to him, nothing good came of it.
"Okay, Trin I'll see you at lunch or in the next class," he kissed her briefly on the lips and walked past the Principal daring him to say anything. Which he didn't.
"Trinity." The principal nodded and followed Neo.
Trinity wrapped her arms around herself. She only hoped that Neo was going to be okay, with whatever the Principal had to tell him. She walked down the hallway to the cafeteria.
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~* Time for me to go to bed. Here's your chapter. Enjoy. Reviews are appreciated *~
Author: Kenora Hazel Saul
Rating: PG
Characters: same as Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I own none of the Matrix.
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. Here's Chapter 2.
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"Class who would like to share their dreams?" Miss Palmer adjusted her glasses, looking at her suddenly silent class.
"I'll go first," Persephone's soft accented tones volunteered.
"Yes go right ahead," Miss Palmer indicated to the front of the class.
Persephone moved forward, her silver skirt swishing as she walked. Pausing at the front of the class, she was silent for a minute. Building momentum.
"I was sitting at a table in an expensive restaurant, having dinner with a man who had just given me a diamond bracelet to match my necklace. I could not see the face of the man who I was eating with, he was my mystery man. I could almost make out brown eyes and black hair, but that could've been my imagination." She laughed daintily, her eyes fixed on Neo.
Gathering her paper, she slowly walked back to her seat, provocatively swiveling her hips as she passed Neo's desk.
"That was interesting." Miss Palmer adjusted her glasses, back onto the bridge of her nose. "Any other volunteers, not everyone has to share, just three more volunteers, then we can move on."
Jason Locke put up his hand. "I'll go." He walked past Niobe's desk and smirked at Morpheus. Clearing his throat, he started.
"Niobe and I are at the Fall Ball, and we have just been crowned King & Queen of the Fall Ball. We dance the night away." A faraway look appeared in Locke's eyes as he spoke of his dream. Merovigian tittered like a chicken in a frenzy with humor at Locke's description.
Miss Palmer fanned herself. "Mr. Locke, that is very sweet." She walked back up to the front of the room.
Jason took his seat, blushing a little as Morpheus looked at him and made silent clucking gestures with his hand. Niobe turned around and smiled sweetly at him.
"Anyone else, or do I have to pick people?" Miss Palmer asked.
"I'll go." A shy voice spoke up from the back of the class. Neo stood up pushed forward by Trinity.
Miss Palmer stepped aside. Neo took her spot.
He cleared his throat and smoothed out his paper. As, he looked up and saw Trinity watching him. He smiled and started to speak.
"I feel a surge of power, the ground moving beneath my feet. I take off and fly through the air. Up through the clouds, there's a full moon, it's so beautiful. I fly back down to the city and land on a building. Inside, there is a dance going on. I see Trinity in a red dress waiting for me, she's smiling....." he froze and his eyes took on a tortured look. "And then there's an explosion, I see fire, blood pouring down the steps like a river. Somebody dies." He came out of his trace-like state.
The class was frozen in shock at what he'd just said. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tell you that part." Neo ran out of the room.
Trinity tore after him.
"Well that was.." Miss Palmer trailed off. As she began to talk about the homework assignment. The class tuned her out as they thought about what Neo had just revealed. As a kid, he'd always had an uncanny ability to see things and they usually came true.
"Neo, don't do this to yourself," Trinity hugged him fiercely. "It's not your fault you have this ability. Don't blame yourself for what you see." She looked him in the eyes.
Neo lifted tearstained eyes to meet her beautiful cobalt gaze. "I saw who died." He whispered quietly, so softly that she almost missed it.
Trinity froze. "Oh Neo?" She cradled his head against her chest, as he shivered.
"I didn't want to tell anyone, but it just came out, after I remembered seeing you in your red dress. I was so happy, it was so real. Seeing you in your dress. I love you so much, and I don't ever want to lose you." Neo spoke with quiet reverence.
"Neo, I love you too." She gripped his hand in hers. "You see this, I'm never letting go." Kissing with him all the love she felt, Trinity felt him respond and for that one brief moment in time, they were one. One soul, heart, mind and body.
The bell rang, signaling the end of class. "Let's go, we've got Mechanics next. If we're ever going to be crew members on the ships then we've got to learn how to fix things." She pulled him down the hall.
Despite her happy mood, Neo's dream hung like a dark rain cloud over him. There was supposed to be a silver lining to every cloud, hopefully he could find it, before it was too late.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Niobe lost in thought, was thinking of her own dream when she was stopped in the hallway by two boys who were eager for her answer.
"Please, don't make us wait till Friday." Locke and Morpheus whined.
"Okay, I pick to go with Locke, but next time I will go with Morpheus." Niobe told them.
Locke hooted in victory. Morpheus walked away with slumped shoulders.
"Niobe you won't regret this, it'll be just like my dream." Locke said, his mind still locked in his dreamworld.
"Okay later. I have to go to Physical Education class, got to be in shape if I want to make the rank of Captain by the time I'm 25." Niobe walked away.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I'm sorry but I just don't believe in getting all sweaty. I have such delicate skin, I'll bring a note next class." Persephone told her gym teacher as she walked away to sit on the bleachers, so she could watch the boys roughhouse. She did love observing rough physical action, it turned her on to watch them get so violent.
Her eyes glazed over as she watched the boys line up to wrestle each other. This was going to be a lovely class.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I believe in appreciating food for the creation that it is. To gaze in awe at its beauty. I could watch a chocolate mousse for hours, and compare its beauty to the seductress that my Persephone is." Merovigian described his desert with superfluous detail.
He kissed his fingers. "Perfection." He picked up his fork and shaved off a sliver. It tasted like a chocolate orgasm. "Now if only life was this easy to manipulate, I could control everything." His eyes gleamed with the desire to have power over everything.
He smiled as his cooking teacher praised his chocolate mousse.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Morpheus stared in anger at his portrait as he threw paint at it. Originally he'd covered it in black to symbolize his despair at losing Niobe to Locke. Covered it with red to symbolize his anger. Then slashes of blue to account for sadness of hearing Neo's vision. And finally slivers of brown, to symbolize Niobe sweet eyes and to remind himself never to give up.
"Excellent work Morpheus," his art teacher praised. "What do you call it?"
"Confusion." Morpheus tossed a splotch of yellow at the canvas in sheer rebellion and walked away.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The bell rang, signaling lunchtime. Neo and Trinity walked out of Mechanics both a little dirty and dusty. "Are you going to have the meatloaf special or the meatball surprise?" Trinity teased him.
"I don't know, whatever you have," Neo clasped his hand with hers. Needing to feel that secure connection.
"Neo can I speak to you?" Principal Hammon stood in front of him.
Neo's joking mood immediately vanished, replaced by wariness. The only time the Principal wanted to talk to him, nothing good came of it.
"Okay, Trin I'll see you at lunch or in the next class," he kissed her briefly on the lips and walked past the Principal daring him to say anything. Which he didn't.
"Trinity." The principal nodded and followed Neo.
Trinity wrapped her arms around herself. She only hoped that Neo was going to be okay, with whatever the Principal had to tell him. She walked down the hallway to the cafeteria.
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~* Time for me to go to bed. Here's your chapter. Enjoy. Reviews are appreciated *~